Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:56:44 +0100 From: William <willay@gmail.com> To: "Antony Mawer" <fbsd-questions@mawer.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Message-ID: <a24358fb0607031056o2dce9049ufe020702d1c1f7f1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44A862F5.80203@mawer.org> References: <a24358fb0605050239y1550f5d1o6bc461b4d3cc9472@mail.gmail.com> <000a01c69699$665c1030$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <a24358fb0606230108r7e7a3fa3l4909cec6da8a2792@mail.gmail.com> <002701c6969e$7b4ed180$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <44A4B603.1070403@mawer.org> <a24358fb0606292253h55590f33y9fe7828f1126d94e@mail.gmail.com> <44A4BFA3.8090503@mawer.org> <a24358fb0606292356p517ee8ccj239a1be8c0ecc62b@mail.gmail.com> <20060630072718.GA69997@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <44A862F5.80203@mawer.org>
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Did you guys say the card I've got in another box wont fit into a 320? On 03/07/06, Antony Mawer <fbsd-questions@mawer.org> wrote: > On 29/06/2006 9:27 PM, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 07:56:00AM +0100, William wrote: > >> Antony, > >> > >> I've got an Intel card in production already on a homebrew box, the > >> code is INTEL-PWLA8492MT and description is "Intel Dual Port Server > >> Adapter 10/100/1000". Any idea if that will do? > > > > That is a PRO/1000 MT card, which is a PCI-X adapter and is supported > > by the standard em(4) driver in FreeBSD 6.x, > > > > The PRO/1000 PT mentioned below is a PCI-Express adapter and is not > > supported by the standard driver in 6.x, but (as mentioned) should > > be supported by the driver available from Intel. > > If you wish to utilise the PCI Express expansion slots by using a > Pro/1000 PT network adapter, the procedure to follow might be something > like be this: > > 1. Install 6.1-RELEASE from CD, being sure to install the kernel source > 2. Obtain the latest Intel driver for FreeBSD 6.x (if it is still not > available on the website, email me and I will send it to you) > 3. Burn the driver onto a CD or other media and copy it onto the server > 4. Extract the driver source, and copy the if_em* files across into > /usr/src/sys/dev/em/ > 5. Build a new kernel (GENERIC will suffice) which will utilise the new > driver source (cd /usr/src && make buildkernel) > 6. Install the kernel and reboot (make installkernel) > > You should now have a working network with your Pro/1000 PT... > > Regards > Antony > >
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